Save Our Songbirds...STOP the Tar Sands Pipeline

Tell Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reject the
proposed disastrous Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL
pipeline will enrich the oil giants while Americans pay for it
with our environment, our climate and even our lives.

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would carry dirty tar sands
oil from Canada’s Boreal forest to refineries in Texas, driving
more destruction of songbird habitat, fueling global warming,
and threatening drinking water for millions of Americans. The
U.S. State Department is rushing towards approval of this
fiasco, which is designed to enrich the oil giants.

SAMPLE LETTER - REWRITE SO IT'S PERSONAL

I am appalled that the State Department has been rushing
headlong toward approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline,
which could devastate the environment in both Canada and the
United States. Tar sands development has been called the "most
destructive project on Earth" because it is laying waste to the
great Boreal forest, obliterating migratory bird nesting grounds
and spewing excessive global warming pollution. In addition,
transporting the world's dirtiest oil to refineries in Texas
will directly threaten some of the American heartland's most
sensitive ecosystems and drinking water supplies while raising
gas prices in the Midwest.

It is unconscionable that your agency has still not studied
the far-reaching dangers of this Big Oil-sponsored pipeline --
or fully considered the clean energy alternatives. Your
Administration's own EPA has called your latest review
"environmentally objectionable." I call on you to deliver the
kind of "robust review" that both you and President Obama
promised the nation. An unvarnished report of this pipeline's
true environmental and economic costs will make it crystal clear
that it is NOT in our national interest and must be rejected.

The Keystone XL pipeline will enrich the oil giants while
Americans pay for it with our environment, our climate and even
our lives. As we move toward a clean energy future, there is no
room for the most destructive oil on the planet. I urge you to
prevent this disaster-in-the-making by rejecting the Keystone XL
pipeline.

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